Netanyahu Says Israel’s Mediterranean Maritime Domain Faces Threats

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel’s maritime domain in the Mediterranean Sea was facing threats from its enemies.

His remarks placed those threats within a broader warning about international confrontation at sea. He said the maritime domain had become an arena for an international battle.

Netanyahu singled out the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab as areas where that confrontation was particularly evident.

He also pointed to a threat in the Mediterranean, bringing Israel’s own maritime domain into the warning. The remarks summarized here did not identify a specific adversary or detail the nature of that threat.